Christmas Bells Are Gaily Ringing

Christmas bells are gai­ly ring­ing

Singing

ring­ing on the air;

Sweet the mes­sage they are bring­ing

Chiming

rhym­ing ev­ery­where.

Peace

they ut­ter

Love and glad­ness

Bless the heart up­on this morn!

Banish ev­ery care and sad­ness

Christ our Lord to­day was born.

Ringing

sing­ing

chim­ing

rhym­ing

Christmas bells

how fair are they;

Loudly swell­ing

fond­ly tell­ing

Of the Sav­ior born to­day

Of the Sav­ior born to­day.

Living voic­es join their chor­us

Singing

ring­ing loud and high;

Joyfully the an­gels o’er us

Waft to earth their glad re­ply.

Love

they ec­ho

Love un­end­ing

Crown your hearts up­on this morn

For the Lord

to earth des­cend­ing

On this bless­èd day was born.

Christmas bells

so gai­ly ring­ing

Singing

ring­ing glad and free

Peace and good-will ever bring­ing

Wrap the world in me­lo­dy!

Joy inc­reas­ing

love and glo­ry

Unto ev­ery heart for­lorn:

This your sweet and gen­tle sto­ry

On the day that Christ was born!